That fatal mistress of the young, the lazy, - To with longing eyes upon to-morrow, 3. BRUTUS ON LUCRETIA'S DEATH. — Payne. O my countrymen, You all can witness that, when she went forth, Forgot its crutch, labor its task; all ran; And mothers, turning to their daughters, cried, “There, there's Lucretia!" Now look ye where she lies. That beauteous flower, that innocent, sweet rose, Torn up by ruthless violence!— gone! gone! Say, would ye seek instruction? would ye seek Ask yon deserted street, where Tullia drove 4. RETIREMENT. Goldsmith. - O blest retirement, friend to life's decline! No surly porter stands in guilty state, 5. THE PRESENT TIME. Of memory many a poet sings ; And Hope hath oft inspired the rhyme ; Let the past guide, the future cheer, While youth and health are in their prime; But, O, be still thy greatest care — the present time! That awful point The next may hear thy funeral-chime; 6. TRUST IN GOD. - Young. O thou great Arbiter of life and death! Whose all-prolific beam late called me forth To drink the spirit of the golden day, PART III. EXPLANATORY INDEX, CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF WRITERS, ETC. ALLUDED TO OR QUOTED FROM IN THE FOREGOING LESSONS; ALSO, WORDS LIABLE TO BE MISPRONOUNCED, ETC. ABBREVIATIONS AND MARKS. Adj., for adjective; A. D., in the year of our Lord; B. C., before Christ; b., born; d., died; Fr., French; Gr., Greek; L. or Lat., Latin; p., page; pp., pages. The combined letters ou and ow, when unmarked, are sounded as in our, The sound of a in father is marked ä. now. Ab-stract', v. ABSOLVE (ab-zolv'). ADAMS, JOHN, the second President of the United States, was born at Braintree, Mass., October 19, 1735. He was an early and active friend of American independence, and in 1785 was appointed the first minister to England; a post filled by his son, John Quincy Adams, in 1815, and by his grandson, Charles Francis Adams, in 1861. He was an able and eloquent man, intrepid. patriotic, incorruptible, and true; and was one of the committee of five which reported the immortal Declaration of Independence." He died, on the same day as Jefferson, July 4, 1826. His last words were, "It is the glorious 4th of July! God bless it, God bless you all!" See pp. 97, 193, 407. ADDISON, JOSEPH, the eldest son of a clergyman, was born in 1672 at the rectory of Milston in Wiltshire, England. He was graduated at Queen's College, Oxford, in 1693. He wrote Latin verses which gained him considerable reputation, which was increased by a poetical Letter to Lord Halifax. But Addison owes his fame chiefly to his contributions to the "Spectator," a daily sheet which was started in 1711 by his schoolfellow, Richard Steele. The passage marked 3, page 47 of this volume, is from one of these charming essays. In 1713 his play of Cato was produced at Drury Lane theatre in London, and was highly successful. Time has somewhat abated its reputation, but it contains many passages that the world will not willingly let die. Addison died in 1719, at the age of forty-eight. As he lay upon his death-bed, "See," said he to his. son-in-law, "how a Christian can die!" See Johnson's remarks on Addison, p. 424. ADIEU (a-du'), a greeting at parting: from the French à Dieu, to God. ESCHINES (es'ke-neez), a celebrated orator of antiquity, born at Athens, 327 B. C. He was the rival of De mosthenes, but the latter nobly gave himself to the service of the people, while Eschines favored the aristocracy. AGAIN (a-ghen'). ALBERT, PRINCE, consort of Queen Victoria of England, was born Aug. 26, 1819, and died 1862. He was a worthy and noble prince. ALBI-ON, the name by which Great Britain was known to the Romans. AL-LY' (from the Latin alligo, to unite). AL'MO-NER, a distributor of alms. ANARCHICAL (ǎ-nark'ik-al), without rule or order. ANIMAL CU-LE, the Latin plural of animalcula, an animalcule. Animalcula is also sometimes used as the plural of animalculum. ANOTHER (an-uth'er). ANTIPODES (an-tip'o-deez), a Latin plural noun. having no singular. The irregularly Anglicized word anti-pode is sometimes used for the singular, and Webster authorizes the pronunciation an' ti-pōdz for the plural. ARAB (ar'rab or a'răb), relating to Arabia. ARCHANGEL (ark-). ARCHITECTURE (är'ki-těkt-yŭr). ARISTOCRAT (a-ris'to-krat or ǎr'is-tokrat). ARMADA (är-ma'da), a large fleet of armed ships. AUGURY (aw'gu-re). AU-GUST', adj. August, n. AVAUNT (a-vawnt'), interj., hence ! begone! A-VER'NUS, a celebrated lake, supposed in ancient mythology to be the entrance to the infernal regions. It is now called Averno, and occupies the crater of an extinct volcano, about nine miles west of Naples near the Mediterranean. AXE or Ax. Webster prefers the last, to make it conform with other monosyllables ending in x. AYE (a), adv., always. BACON, FRANCIS, usually known as Lord Bacon, was born in London, England. Jan. 22, 1560, and died 1626. He was famous as a scholar, a wit, a lawyer, a judge, a statesman, a politician, but chiefly as a philosopher. With all his great acquirements he was morally weak, being found guilty of having received money for grants of office and privileges under the seal of state. BANE, to poison: thus used as a verb by Shakespeare (p. 244). BANNOCKBURN, a village in Scotland, twenty-nine miles from Edinburgh, famous for a great battle fought on the 24th of June, 1314, between Edward II. and King Robert Bruce, by which the independence of Scotland was established. BAN-IAN' or BAN-YAN', the Indian figtree, remarkable for sending down from its branches roots which, striking into the ground become trunks, so that a single tree sometimes occupies a circumference of 1500 feet. BATON (bă-tăng or băton), a mar shal's staff. BEACON (bē'kn). BEATTIE, JAMES (beet'y), a Scotch poet and moralist, born 1735, died 1803. He owes his reputation chiefly to his poem of "The Minstrel," from which see a stanza, p. 64. BEAUMONT, GUSTAVE-AUGUSTE DE, & French writer and politician, was born in the department of Sarthe, France, Dec. 2. 1802. In 1831 he accompanied his friend De Tocqueville to the United States. He is the author of a novel, entitled "Mary, or Slavery in the United States"; also of a life of De Tocqueville, from which the eloquent extract, p. 132, is taken. His wife is a granddaughter of Lafayette. BEEN (bin), from Be. writer of historical works, and author of a Life of Mary Queen of Scots, was born in England; died 1827. BLAZON (blā'zn). BOMBAST (bom'băst or bŭm'băst), the weight of authority is in favor of the last mode, but the former is usual in America. BONAR, HORATIUS, a Scottish theolo gian and poet. How to Live. p. 98. BON HOMME (bo-no-m), French for good man. John Paul Jones named one of his vesse's "Bon Homine Richard," in honor of Dr. Franklin, author of "Poor Richard's Sayings." BONHOMIE (bo-no-me), good nature, simplicity. BONNIVARD, FRANCIS DE, born in 1496, was confined in the prison of Chillon on the lake of Geneva, Swit zerland, from 1530 to 1536. His of- BRAKE, obsolete preterit of to break. BROOKE, HENRY, a political and liter- He BROUGHAM, LORD HENRY (broom), BRYANT, WM. CULLEN, one of the and the following year became BURKE, EDMUND, a celebrated states- He BUTLER, SAMUEL, an English poet |